Stachybotrys chartarum, trichothecene mycotoxins, and damp building-related illness: New insights into a public health enigma

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-26

  Pestka, James J ^a,b,c   Yike, Iwona ^d   Dearborn, Dorr G ^d   Ward, Marsha D W ^e   Harkema, Jack R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University ^*  (United States)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agents; Immunotoxicology; Inflammation; Lung; Natural products; Nervous system; Neurotoxicology; Nose; Respiratory system; Respiratory toxicology

Indexed keywords

ATRANONE; BETA GLUCAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DITERPENE; HEMOLYSIN; MYCOTOXIN; PROTEINASE; TRICHOTHECENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOMITOXIN;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGY; AMBIENT AIR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ASTHMA; BRAIN; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG TOXICITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MYCELIUM; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SENSITIZATION; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; SYMPTOM; TOXICITY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; STACHYBOTRYS; TRICHOTHECENES;

FUNGI; STACHYBOTRYS; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

EID: 45749100899     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfm284     Document Type: Review

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